Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cartas da Rainha D. Mariana Vitória para a sua família de Espanha Cartas da Rainha D. Mariana Vitória para a sua família de Espanha Mariana Victoria Queen Consort of Joseph I, King of Portugal A serie of letters written between 1721-1748 by D. Mariana Victoria, queen consort of Joseph I of Portugal, to her family - the Spanish royal family of the Bourbons. OL12313365W
Customers and patrons of the mad-trade Customers and patrons of the mad-trade Andrew T. Scull,Jonathan Andrews,Jonathan Andrews "This book is a lively commentary on the eighteenth-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "customers"), and its patrons, viewed through the unique lens of the private case book ke… OL12397343W
Gay court life Gay court life Lucienne Ercole Court life and gossip in 18th Century France OL13420346W
Control and order in French colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 Control and order in French colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 A.J.B. (Andrew John Bayly) Johnston "Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 is the culmination of nearly a quarter century of research and writing on 18th-century Louisbourg by A. J. B. Johnson. The author uses a mu… OL13538281W
Ladies of liberty Ladies of liberty Cokie Roberts Cokie Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation with this blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicli… OL16066365W
Sabará 18 Sabará 18 Carlos Gentil Vieira A novel set in Colonial Minas Gerais, Brazil, 18th century. In Portuguese only. Everything happens in Vila Real de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Sabará, circa 1772. Gold exploitation is diminishing i… OL16620766W
Italy Italy Spencer Di Scala,Spencer M. Di Scala From the Publisher: This essential book fills a serious gap in the field by synthesizing modern Italian history and placing it in a fully European context. Emphasizing globalization, Italy traces the… OL2094029W
The Idea of Poverty The Idea of Poverty Gertrude Himmelfarb Discusses the views of great thinkers from 1750 to 1850--including Adam Smith, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, and Friedrich Engels--toward the conditi… OL2940959W
Creating the American Mind Creating the American Mind J. Hoeveler,J. David. Hoeveler,J. David Hoeveler "The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and t… OL3284568W
British paintings at the Huntington British paintings at the Huntington Shelley M. Bennett,Robyn Asleson,Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. "Some of the most famous British paintings in the world are to be found at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. The Huntington collection, begun b… OL3456614W
The manuscript journal of the Reverend Charles Wesley, M.A The manuscript journal of the Reverend Charles Wesley, M.A S. T. Kimbrough,Kenneth G. C. Newport,Charles Wesley The first critical and complete edition of Charles Wesley's manuscript journal in two volumes. --publisher description. OL4630951W
The colonial American stage, 1665-1774 The colonial American stage, 1665-1774 Odai Johnson,James A. Coombs,William J. Burling "This work is designed to offer a day-by-day calendar of colonial American theatrical activity from the beginning of the colonial period to the Revolutionary War in October of 1774. The intention is … OL5850759W
Origines ecclesiasticæ Origines ecclesiasticæ Joseph Bingham Volume 1 of 2. OL7587157W